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brooklynite

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Fri Aug 9, 2019, 02:23 PM Aug 2019

London hit by power outage following national grid failure

Source: CNN

London (CNN)London and large parts of England and Wales were hit by massive power outages on Friday, UK power companies said Friday.

"We experienced issues with two power generators causing loss of power in selected UK areas," Britain's National Grid Electricity System Operator tweeted. "The issue is now resolved and the system has returned to normal."

Earlier UK Power Networks tweeted that the power cut affected a large area of London and the South East, which it believed to be because of a failure to National Grid's network.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/europe/uk-power-outage-gbr-intl/index.html

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